Question

Rakesh is a historian and he wants to study the history of the Marathas. What kind of sources do you think he would find useful in his work?

• A. Songs about Chhatrapati Shivaji.
• B. Palaces constructed by the Marathas.
• C. Books at the archives in Maharashtra.
• D. Newspapers from the time of the Marathas.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (C)

Books at the archives in Maharashtra.

Palaces, books, and songs would comprise archaeological, literary, and oral sources of the history of the Marathas. However, the concept of newspapers had arrived in India long after the Marathas rule had ended. Rakesh could, however, find articles already published in newspapers about the Marathas later.